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So I learned more lingo yesterday that I never heard before going to an airborne unit. What I thought was velcro is actually called something else just like rubber bands! What airborne lingo is your favorite and why?
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Airborne School Parachuting
Posted 9 y ago
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"If you main chute doesn't open, don't panic... you have the rest of your life to pull the reserve..."
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Sgt Dale Briggs
I’ve only seen one white chute pop and that was an accident. 46 rear entry obviously The guys who’s reserve deployed said the static line from the guy in front of him hit his reserve handle deploying it instantly. He’s lucky everything didn’t get all tangled up in a ball. All safe.
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SKY SHARK - (Noun) a dangerous paratrooper in the air. A cherry jumper. (Verb) To be "Sky Sharked" - a dangerous paratrooper has slipped beneath you effectively stealing your air (I was "sky sharked by that PoS PFC Brown")
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Sgt Dale Briggs
Happened on my 3D jump at Benning, another Marine undercut me, or perhaps the jump master made a mistake. But as we were about to collide I lifted my legs and bounced otwo or three times off the top of his canopy like it was a water bed. I didn't think to check my air, but obviously it was ok.
After my 5th jump, I was on the ground, and two guys stole each other's air and both cigarette rolled and they fell. A few hundred feet off the deck they separated enough to catch air, but after the fact neither realized how close they were to getting killed. They never knew their chute had rolled.
After my 5th jump, I was on the ground, and two guys stole each other's air and both cigarette rolled and they fell. A few hundred feet off the deck they separated enough to catch air, but after the fact neither realized how close they were to getting killed. They never knew their chute had rolled.
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Slide Fastner with Tabbed Thong... Sounds like a Ranger in skimpy women's underwear on a slip and slide hahahaha
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